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Will not tolerate muscle flexing in state: Mamata

Bhatpara/Palta/Rajarhat: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to tell lies about Bengal's development and do a bit of homework before addressing election rallies.

Without naming Arjun Singh, BJP nominee for the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat, Banerjee issued a stern warning and said she would not tolerate any kind of muscle flexing in the area.

She addressed a mammoth rally at Bhatpara on Thursday afternoon. Later, she addressed two other meetings at Palta and Rajarhat respectively.

Banerjee also added that in the past eight years, massive development has taken place in Bengal. Through various schemes, people from all walks of life have benefitted. Over 60 lakh girl students are getting the benefits of "Kanyashree" and around one crore students studying in state-run and aided schools are getting cycles free of cost under the "Sabuj Sathi" project. Around 8 crore people are getting rice at Rs 2 a kilogram under the "Khadya Sathi" scheme. The newly introduced "Swasthya Sathi" project will benefit around 8 crore people and the card will be issued in the name of the senior most woman member of the family as a part of women empowerment. "During Dr BC Roy's time, development projects had been carried out but after that everything got stalled in Bengal. The Trinamool-led government has carried out massive development in infrastructure," she said.

"But there are people who come to Bengal just to defame the state. Modi comes here and spreads lies. He said the government does not allow Durga Puja or Saraswati Puja. More than one lakh Durga Pujas and more than a crore Saraswati Puja are organised in Bengal. He should do a little bit of homework before telling such blatant lies." Criticising the Prime Minister, she said: "He is so shameless that he does horse trading and says 40 TMC MLAs are in touch with him. Not a single MLA will join him," she said and alleged: "BJP had banned high-value notes to fill up its own coffers."

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